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Hungerford and United Services start with crushing wins
Mike Vimpany - 5 May 2002
Any hopes that Lymington had of making a positive start to their Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 campaign was shattered by an 86-run defeat at Hungerford.
Relegated from the ECB-accredited Division 1 last summer, Hungerford have recruited heavily, with Hampshire's Jason Laney, former Sussex wicketkeeper Nick Wilson and Steve Wyatt all returning to play under new skipper Owen Dawkins.
It was all too much for Lymington, who found themselves looking down the barrell of a 250-run mauling from Hungerford, before being dismissed for 164 themselves.
Laney (67) and Danny Williams (29) laid the foundations towards a big total with an opening stand of 80, which the middle-order gradually enhanced.
Wyatt, with a lively 48, Wilson (25) and Dawkins (25) all profited, with Western Australian youngster Aaron Heal (3-50) removing three of the top six.
But Lymington's resourceful batting failed after left-arm spinner Andy Ford (2-26) had made two important early breakthroughs. Martin Hunt (43), Daniel Peacock (35) and Neil Trestrail (25) guided Lymington to 164 all out, with Laney (3-6) removing the lower-order.
Newly promoted Winchester KS also endured a miserable start, losing by a massive 145-run margin against United Services at Burnaby Road.
There was little joy for the cathedral city club as US built a sizeable 257-7 around Gary Hounsome (44), John Robson (40), John Mann (29), Mark Toogood (28) and Matt McKeever (28).
Martin Taylor (4-35) made inroads for WKS, whose batting fell away badly with only Jimmy Taylor (26) making a worthwhile contribution in a disappointing 112 all out (Damian Carson 3-25).
Andy Birch found himself demoted to eighth spot in the order, but turned out to be Easton & Martyr Worthy's trump card in the three-wicket win at Trojans.
Easton, chasing Trojans' 181-7, were in trouble at 71-5, but Shaun Green (45) and Birch, with an undefeated 43, got the tractor boys home with an over to spare.
Mark Stone took 3-33 but Trojans, through James Donaldson (35), Mike Goodall (30), Mario Mohammed (32) and Nigel le Bas (29) got to 181-7.
Max Smith, with 58 not out, and Nick Wood, who took 4-38, were match winners in Old Tauntonians & Romsey's 18-run victory over newly promoted Rowledge. Smith, Ian Tulk (45) and Mike Trodd (25) took the batting credits as OTs reached 196-6 (Ricky Yates 4-35).
The Rowledge reply centred around Queenslander Jeff Annings (76), who was eventually eighth man out at 157.
Cardiff UCCE's Chris Yates (34) played well earlier on, but it was Wood's flight and guile, supported by a handy 2-50 return by Smith, that left Rowledge 18 runs short on 178 all out.
© SPCL / Daily Echo / Mike Vimpany
| Players/Umpires | Jason Laney, Nicholas Wilton, Owen Dawkins, Daniel Peacock, Christopher Yates. |
| Tournaments | Southern Electric Premier League |
| Season | English Domestic Season |